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   Xeno to Andy Burnelli   
   Re: Real information on brakes (was Re:    
   09 May 22 10:10:57   
   
   XPost: comp.mobile.android, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: xenolith@optusnet.com.au   
      
   On 9/5/2022 1:46 am, Andy Burnelli wrote:   
   > Andy Burnelli wrote:   
   >   
   >> Intuition is a terrible thing.   
   >   
   > Don't even get me started on the "cellphones cause accidents" intuition, by   
   > the way, as monkeys intuit all sorts of stuff that doesn't show up in   
   > independent statistics outside {police,insurance,law} politics.   
   >   
   > If someone wants to claim "cellphones cause accidents", I only ask them for   
   > one fact, which they never can produce... and which is the only fact that   
   > matters.   
   >   
   > Marketing and politics takes advantage of people's emotions & intuition.   
      
   Distracted drivers using cellphones cause accidents.   
      
   --   
   Xeno   
      
      
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